India called for leveraging the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s (SCO) collective strengths to drive shared prosperity at the SCO Trade Ministers’ Meeting held in Vladivostok.
With the SCO accounting for 42 per cent of the world’s population and 17.2 per cent of global trade, India emphasised the importance of coordinated action to enhance trade flows, address vulnerabilities, and support inclusive growth across the region.
Speaking at the Eastern Economic Forum in the Far Eastern city of Vladivostok, Zakharova also noted that this was the alliance's attempt to dictate its rules.
The two foreign ministers would discuss the prospects of development of bilateral relations in the light of the goals outlined by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Vladimir Putin during their annual summit in Vladivostok in September, sources said.
Russia and Ukraine have been in discussions over exchanging prisoners held by both countries, who have been in conflict since 2014 after Moscow’s annexation of Crimea.
PM Modi's visit to the Russian far east region is the first by an Indian prime minister.
President Putin invited Khan to attend as a special guest the Eastern Economic Forum, which is scheduled to be held from September 4 to 6 in the Russian city of Vladivostok
Kim Jong-un and Vladimir Putin met in the Russian city of Vladivostok on Thursday in what was the first-ever summit between the two leaders.
On Thursday, Kim and Putin met face-to-face for the first time in what was the first high-level meeting between leaders of the two nations since 2011, when Kim's late father, Kim Jong-il, met with the Russian president Dmitry Medvedev.
Kim asked Putin to visit North Korea "at a convenient time" during their summit talks in Vladivostok on Thursday
